About this role
Job summary
Do you have a passion for Critical Care? Are you a natural leader who can inspire others while striving for the best care possible? If so, we would love to hear from you.
Due to the expansion of our Critical Care services and bed capacity we are looking for an exceptional candidate to join our senior nursing team for Critical Care at BHRUT. This is an opportunity to help shape the direction of one of the largest ITU facilities in North East London.
You will join a large multi-site Critical Care Service providing care across the Queen's Hospital and King George Sites, including a specialist Neuro Intensive Care Unit, emergency and elective surgical patient pathways and with line management for the Critical Care Outreach Service. Under the guidance of the head of nursing for critical care, you will work closely with the senior team of critical care matrons providing operational support as well as assisting in the strategic direction of an essential service.
The role is a mixture of clinical and managerial responsibilities with a strong focus on delivering first class care that is safe and of high quality. This role incorporates both the day to day delivery of services as well as the strategic delivery of a sustainable and efficient service, whilst fostering a safe working environment where nursing teams can grow and flourish.
Interview date 29th May 2026
Main duties of the job
The Matron holds 24- hour responsibility for ensuring the day-to-day running of nursing within BHRUT Critical Care.
This will include:o delivering safe, efficient, and effective patient careo providing professional leadership to all nursing staffo line managing designated staffo meeting key quality and performance indicatorso taking forward and achieving service improvementso meeting financial plans
The postholder will provide professional and management leadership to all nursing staff within BHRUT Critical Care. The Matron will work across organisational boundaries to achieve the Trust's objectives, and to deliver relevant local, regional and national standards and strategies. In conjunction with key stakeholders the postholder will lead and develop the Critical Care across both sites with anticipated increase in bed numbers and complexity.
To enable cohesive and collaborative working the you will rotate across the units within the service on an annual basis as well as support the service with bed and staffing coordination when required.
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record(we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated goodby the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen'sand get rid of corridor care.
We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women's Health Hubin Ilford; an Ageing Well Centrein Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospitaland at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexiblyand more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wageemployer.
Some of the positive changes we've made are captured in this film.
Job description Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Rachna Srivastava, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5904. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications Essential
Adult Registered Nurse Degree in related field (critical care) MSc in relevant subject (evidence of working towards)
Experience/ Knowledge Essential
Nursing Leadership experience at a senior level Demonstrable successful management of patient flow.
Skills/ Abilities Essential
Excellent interpersonal communication skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address Across Sites
Rom Valley Way
Romford
RM7 0AG
Employer's website https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)